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FZNT25 KNHC 250921
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
521 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2014

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE NW GULF WILL DISSIPATE BY
TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT FROM HOMOSASSA SPRINGS FLORIDA TO GULFPORT
MISSISSIPPI WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES TO A POSITION
FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO NEAR BROWNSVILLE TEXAS BY TUE.
THE REMNANT TROUGH WILL PERSIST IN THIS GENERAL LOCATION THROUGH
WED. RIDGING WILL BUILD ALONG 24N THU AND SHIFT TO 27N BY FRI
NIGHT. 

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO
2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...SUBSIDING TO
1 FT OR LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL NEAR 24.5N 72.8W AT 5 AM EDT
MOVING N AT 3 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS TO 55 KT.
CRISTOBAL IS FORECAST TO MOVE N NE TO 26.8N 71.6W EARLY TUE AND
BECOME A HURRICANE AS IT MOVES JUST N OF THE AREA TO 31.5N 70.4W
EARLY WED. RIDGING WILL BUILD ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WATERS
BEHIND CRISTOBAL...WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM NEAR 31N77W TO
26N65W THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT. 

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.